In my post you reply to,is a link with that specific user,asking the same question,made the same announcement,followed by a couple of people who answered and provide links,then that user start all over again with the same question and announcement.
For the new functions/changelog, "we" (as in users) are depending on beta testing people who tell in the topic what globally change,as Kobo don't even do.
That people (such as Davidfor) are doing that on a totally volunteer base, and post it in the topic itself in a couple of ours or a day in the topic.
Each firmware has it's own topic,where not only the known changes are in,but also unknown changes due to user feedback.
So it is important to read the whole topic because there can be unknown bugs or changes added in later posts.
That is almost impossible to put in the first topic, so in general,when a new firmware is there, a new topic is opened,a couple of hours,or later because the patching people as GeoffR doesn't always have time to patch it right away,and the betatesting people react.
In the new firmware topic (
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=185660 ) There is always a link placed to the new discussion,but that is also depending on people who do this voluntary.
I agree that some things are a bit harder to find but if you make a subscription to that topic you will always get a warning that there is a new firmware out.
The same volunteer adds later in that topic warnings about important bugs that are find out,he can't do that right away because most of new bugs are found much later.
So even when you adapt the first topic time after time,it is important that you read the whole topic because things can be added later that are in your own interest.
In can be (in theory) even dangerous if you only read the first topic,because new bugs like the sickel bug in 3.17.0 was found out much later,and you miss that if the volunteer doesn't had the time to update that first topic...
All written in respect.